Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China
In China, blue sky defense is a crucial part of ecological environment governance. Objective environmental governance performance needs to be perceived by the public to more truly affect the public’s evaluation of the government’s environmental governance. This paper focuses on the public’s subjecti...
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| description | In China, blue sky defense is a crucial part of ecological environment governance. Objective environmental governance performance needs to be perceived by the public to more truly affect the public’s evaluation of the government’s environmental governance. This paper focuses on the public’s subjective perception of air pollution and evaluation of the local government’s environmental governance. Based on the Chinese General Social Survey data, the matched economic indicators, and air pollution data, we conduct a diachronic study on the public’s evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work, and we analyze the relationship between the subjective perception of air pollution, the objective air pollution data, and the evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work. The results showed the following: (1) People’s evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work significantly improved from 2013 to 2021. The objective indicator improved, while the subjective perception declined. (2) The subjective perception of air pollution has a significant negative impact on the evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work and needs to be better considered to improve air quality. At the same time, the effect of the objective indicator is insignificant. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31ac8761943a41dd8dc010a75e687ef92023-11-16T19:01:37ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332023-01-0114221210.3390/atmos14020212Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on ChinaJie Zhu0Chuntian Lu1Zihao Wei2School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, ChinaIn China, blue sky defense is a crucial part of ecological environment governance. Objective environmental governance performance needs to be perceived by the public to more truly affect the public’s evaluation of the government’s environmental governance. This paper focuses on the public’s subjective perception of air pollution and evaluation of the local government’s environmental governance. Based on the Chinese General Social Survey data, the matched economic indicators, and air pollution data, we conduct a diachronic study on the public’s evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work, and we analyze the relationship between the subjective perception of air pollution, the objective air pollution data, and the evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work. The results showed the following: (1) People’s evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work significantly improved from 2013 to 2021. The objective indicator improved, while the subjective perception declined. (2) The subjective perception of air pollution has a significant negative impact on the evaluation of local governments’ environmental protection work and needs to be better considered to improve air quality. At the same time, the effect of the objective indicator is insignificant.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/2/212evaluation of government’s environmental performanceperception of air pollutionobjective air pollution |
| spellingShingle | Jie Zhu Chuntian Lu Zihao Wei Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China Atmosphere evaluation of government’s environmental performance perception of air pollution objective air pollution |
| title | Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China |
| title_full | Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China |
| title_fullStr | Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China |
| title_short | Perception of Air Pollution and the Evaluation of Local Governments’ Environmental Governance: An Empirical Study on China |
| title_sort | perception of air pollution and the evaluation of local governments environmental governance an empirical study on china |
| topic | evaluation of government’s environmental performance perception of air pollution objective air pollution |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/2/212 |
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